The Expedition of Humphry Clinker — Page 4
My wife, who is very fond of toasted cheese, presents her compliments to him, and begs to know if there's any of that kind, which he was so good as to send us last Christmas, to be sold in London.
Ma femme, qui aime beaucoup le fromage grillé, lui présente ses compliments, et désire savoir s'il y a de cette sorte, qu'il a eu la bonté de nous envoyer le Noël dernier, à vendre à Londres.
Vocabulary
- Ma
- My (feminine possessive adjective)
- femme
- Woman or wife
- qui
- Who, which, or that (relative pronoun)
- aime
- Loves or likes (third person singular of aimer)
- beaucoup
- Very much, a lot, greatly
- le
- The (masculine definite article)
- fromage
- Cheese, a dairy food product
- grillé
- Grilled or toasted (past participle of griller)
- lui
- Him, her, or to him/her (indirect pronoun)
- présente
- Presents or introduces (third person singular of présenter)
- ses
- His, her, or its (plural possessive adjective)
- compliments
- Compliments, regards, or expressions of admiration
- et
- And (coordinating conjunction)
- désire
- Desires or wishes (third person singular of désirer)
- savoir
- To know (a fact or information)
- s'
- Reflexive pronoun (contracted form of se)
- il
- He or it (third person masculine pronoun)
- y
- There, or referring to a previously mentioned place
- a
- Has (third person singular of avoir)
- de
- Of, from, or some (preposition or partitive)
- cette
- This or that (feminine demonstrative adjective)
- sorte
- Sort, kind, or type of something
- qu'
- That or which (contracted conjunction/relative pronoun)
- eu
- Had (past participle of avoir)
- la
- The (feminine definite article)
- bonté
- Kindness or goodness as a personal quality
- nous
- We or us (first person plural pronoun)
- envoyer
- To send something or someone somewhere
- Noël
- Christmas, the Christian holiday celebrated December 25th
- dernier
- Last or most recent (masculine adjective)
- à
- To, at, or in (preposition indicating location or direction)
- vendre
- To sell goods or products
- Londres
- London, the capital city of England
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